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Patented Dec. 1,1885.

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JOSEPH EDGAR PERSON, OF NEAR FREMONT, NORTH OAROLIN A.

MANURE-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,540, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed July 9, 1885. Serial Nol 171,108. (No model.)

To on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH EDGAR PER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing near Fremont, in the county of Wayne, State of North Carolina, have invented anew and useful Manure-Distributor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fertilizer-distributers, and is designed to produce a device for the purpose in which the fertilizer-carrier may be revolved or stopped without interfering with the forward progress of the'entire device.

The improvement consists, essentially,in the constructions and combinations as set forthin the claims. V

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of the device, witha portion of one wheel broken away; Fig. 2, a detail sectional View of the axle,with the bearings coincident with the hopper or carrier and one of the wheels; Fig. 3, an endview of the carrier-bearing and attaching'plate; Fig. 4, a plan view of said bearing in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a plan View of the engaging-pin and carrier; and Fig. 6, a plan View of the shaft-support, with the axle and bearing Fig. 4 in section.

The carrier A is preferably of cylindrical form, with a central series of perforations, B, which may be partially or wholly closed by sliding sections 0. A hinged longitudinal door, D, normally held in place by locking devices E, serves as a means for gaining entrance to the interior of said hopper or carrier A. A preferably square axle, F, extends through the carrier, and has spindles on the ends, on which turn the wheels G. The carrier has at each end a bearing, by which it is secured to the axle. This bearing consists of a plate, H, secured directly to the end of said carrier, a cylindrical continuation, Land a clamp-plate, K. The said bearing has a squared interior passage, and, consisting of two parts, being divided longitudinally, is held to the axle by nuts L, passing through the wings M of the plates or enlargements K. Semi-cylindrical plates N, with wings 0, form clips, and serve by means of bolts to clamp the shafts P to the continuation I. By this device the shafts have a direct draft on the axle, while the latter is free to revolve and carry the hopper with it. Between the hearing and the wheel at each end of the axle is an arm or standard, R, secured thereto, and having a passage at its free end, in which rests a pin, S. The preferred mode of securing this standard to the axle is to bifurcate the end, so that it will straddle said axle and clamp it thereto by means of a bolt, T.

When it is desired to operate the hopper, the pins S are placed so that the head U will engage against the supporting-standard, in which case the free end will rest between the spokes of the Wheel, and thus carry the axle with it as it revolves.

To disengage the pin and stop the revolving of the hopper, it is withdrawn and rests against the shaft and its hearing, as is clearly evident from Fig. 2, orin Fig. 1 the pin is shown long enough to engage against the end of the hop per. The pin is used at each end of the axle to divide the strain.-

1 claim 1. The combination, with an axle and hopper secured thereto, of a bearing at each end of said hopper having a cylindrical continuation, and securing said hopper to the axle, a

shaft clamp or clip surrounding said continuation, an arm secured to said axle, and a longitudinally-moving pin supported by said arm, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with an axle and distributing-hopper, of a device for securing the hopper to the axle, consisting of plate fastened to the hopper, a cylindrical continuation and a clamp-plate, the device being divided longitudinally, a shaft'clip consisting of semi cylindrical plates and Wings, and an engaging device consisting of an arm secured to the axle, and a pin having longitudinal movement in said arm, the whole arranged substantially as and for'the purpose specified.

JOSEPH EDGAR PERSON.

Witnesses: y

F. M. AYUcx, O. L. YELVERTON. 

